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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,660, dated January8, 1901.

Application filed October 6. 1900. Serial No. 32,256. (No model.)

To ally/ham, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRON /V. JONES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hillsdale, in the county of Hillsdale and State of Michigan,have invented a new and useful Button; of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in buttons.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofthat class of buttons adapted to receive a photograph or the like and toprovide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive one adapted to enable aphotograph to be easily placed within it and capable of being quicklyassembled.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a button constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the pin and theresilient clamping-ring. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation illustrating aslight modification of theinvention. Fig. 5 is a detail view of thespring and clamping-ring thereof. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail sectionalviews showing different forms of rings. Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of abutton having its pin and clamping-ring arranged to form a breastpin orbrooch. Fig. 9 is a similar view of a slight modification of the same.Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the form illustrated in Fig. 8.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a photograph or picture of the tin type variety cut in theform of a disk and arranged within a rim 2 and secured therein by meansof a spring clamping-ring 3 of a pin 4, and the present invention, whileadapted for a variety of purposes, is designed primarily for enablingtintypepictures to be quickly mounted in the form of buttons, and thepin forattaching the button to the apparel of a person may be in theform of a stickpin, or it may, as hereinafter described, be arrangedsimilar to a breastpin or brooch. The rim 2, which is circular, has ageneral concave-convex shape in cross-section to provide an innergroovefor the reception of the clamp ing-ring and the tintype or other deviceto be held, and the front peripheral edge 5 is of less diameter than therear peripheral, edge 6 to provide a bearing or supporting flange forthe tintype. v The front peripheral edge may be extended inward at anangle, as illus trated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying draw ings, or, asshown in Fig. 7, a rim 7 may be provided having a front edge 8, arrangedfiat against the face of the tintype at the periph ery thereof, and thesaid rim 7 is preferably provided at a central point between the frontand rear edges with an angular annular bend, and the rear portion oredge fits snugly against the resilient clamping-ring of the pin. The rimforms a frame for the picture, which is clamped within it by the ring,which is formed integral with the pin 4, the ring and the pin beingpreferably constructed of a single continuous piece of spring-wire orother suitable material. The ring extends substantially entirely aroundthe interior of the rim, and one of its ends is connected with the pinby a bend, which may, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of theaccompanying drawings, extend outward through a perforation 9 of therim, or, as shown in Fig. at, the bend 10 may be extended in theopposite direction from the bend l1 and pass outward beneath the rearedge or flange of the rim. The outer end of the pin is pointed, and theclampingring may be readily sprung into and out of the rim, and whenwithin the same it firmly holds a tintype or other device in position.

Instead of arranging the pin in the form of a stick-pin it may beconstructed similar to the pin of a breastpin or brooch, as illustratedin Figs. 8 and 9 of the accompanying drawings. In Fig. 9 of theaccompanying drawings the clamping-ring is constructed substantially thesame as that shown in Fig. 3, with the exception that it is provided atits bottom or at a point opposite the connectingbend 12 with a loop 13,which is substantially U -shaped and which forms a keeper for thereception of the outerend of the pin, which is extended for suchengagement. The U-shaped loop 13 is extended inward at an angle, and thepin may be readily disengaged from it by depressing the engaging endthereof. In

Fig. 8 of the accompanying drawings the pin 14 has its bend 15 passingoutward through a perforation 16 of the rim 17, and the said pin isextended across the back of the button and engages a bend 18, arrangedsimilar to the bend 13. The loops or bends 13 and 18 do not interferewith the assembling of the parts, and a tintype may be quickly framedand mount-ed in the form of a button and may be provided with either astick-pin or a pin similar to that of the breastpin or brooch.

It will be seen that the device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive,as it comprises only two partsviz., a circular rim and a pin having aclamping-ring which is received within the groove formed by the rim andwhich performs the double function of retaining the tintype or otherdevice in the rim or frame and of securing the pin to the same. It willalso be apparent that it will enable a tintype or analogous device to bequickly framed and that the rim and the pin may be constructed of anysuitable material, and I desire it to be understood that various changesin the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of constructionwithin the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of thisin- Vention.

The pin 4 may be made any length, and it may be corrugated or crimped toprevent it from pulling easily out of the fabric, and I desire it to beunderstood that these and similar changes within the scope of theappended claims may be resorted to without'departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising a rimhaving an interior groove and forming a frame for the reception of atintype or analogous device, and a pin provided with a resilientclamping device arranged withinthe groove of the rim and conforming tothe configuration of the latter and securing the pin to the said rim,and capable of retaining a tintype or the like in place, substantiallyas described.

2. A device of the class described comprisinga rim having an interiorgroove for the reception of a tintype or analogous device and providedwith a perforation, and a pin provided with a resilient clamping devicearranged within the groove of the rim and connected with the pin byabend passing through the said perforation, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a rim having an interiorgroove for the reception of a tintype or analogous device and providedwith a perforation, and a pin having a resilient clamping devicearranged in the groove and connecting the pin to the rim and alsoholding the tintype or other device in place and provided with a bend orloop, said clamping device being also provided, at a point diametricallyopposite the said bend or loop, with a connecting-bend extending from itto the pin and passing through the said perforation, substantially asdescribed.

4. A device of the class described comprising a circular rim having aninterior groove and provided between its front and rear edges with anangular bend, said rim forming a rame for the reception of a tintype,and a pin provided with a resilient clamping dc vice arranged within thegroove of the rim and conforming to the configuration of the latter andsecuring the pin to the ring and capable of retaining a tintype inplace, sub stantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MYRON WV. JONES.

WVitnesses:

L. P. REYNOLDS, L. A. Jones.

